单词 | mother-in-laws-tongue |
释义 | mother-in-law's tongue in British Englishnoun sansevieria sansevieria in British English (ˌsænsɪˈvɪərɪə) noun any herbaceous perennial plant of the liliaceous genus Sansevieria, of Old World tropical regions. Some are cultivated as house plants for their erect bayonet-like fleshy leaves of variegated green (mother-in-law's tongue); others yield useful fibre (bowstring hemp) Word origin New Latin, named after Raimondo di Sangro (1710–71), Italian scholar and prince ofSan SeveroDefinition of 'mother-in-law's tongue' |
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